Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Farranacoush (sherkin Island), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranacoush (sherkin Island)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.47860, -9.40029
- SMR number
- CO149-018001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sub-rectangular promontory on E side of Sherkin Island occupied by remains of late medieval fortification (CO149-018002-). Westropp (1914, 108) noted silted-up fosse, just in front (to W) of curtain wall, accross neck of promontory, evident in section face at either end; fosse section no longer visible due to overgrowth and erosion.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.